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Zach Mercer got it all going in the 2nd minute with a blistering break after Freddie Burns found him on Bath’s 10m line.

Pacy Paul Grant ran a superb inside support line and the youngster had the calmness of mind to offload to the number eight, who finished off a stirring attack.

Paul Grant scores for Bath Rugby (Image: Harry Trump/Getty Images)

When James Chisholm went to clear Kahn Fotuali’i out of a ruck by picking him up and dropping him on his head he might have been sent off but escaped with a yellow card after referee Craig Maxwell-Keys consulted TMO David Rose.

Bath properly punished Quins as they plundered 19 points while Chisholm was off.

Jack Wilson’s neat step and offload to Grant got Bath in behind the defence and Matt Banahan went close to scoring.

After a seemingly endless amount of time was wasted on scrum penalties and resets, Quins got on the scoreboard when scrum-half Jono Kitto found replacement Henry Cheeseman, who took advantage of a defensive dog leg between Ben Tapuai and Banahan under the posts.

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A Burns penalty made it 29-7 at the break. Both sides made mistakes and squandered chances in the second half.

Burns added another three points and Bath should have added a try but James Wilson’s pass to Mercer went behind the Mercer and by the time he had back-tracked and found Jack Wilson on his outside, Alofa Alofa was able to force a knock-on as he bundled him into touch.